We would assume that NHS would consciously provide us with environments conducive to the birthing process and yet almost unbelievably this may not be the case.

One would expect that the support for birthing women is 100% the best care possible but sadly resources do not stretch that far. Midwives and doctors are overworked and overstretched. Furthermore, we may not routinely have available to us information about how we can support ourselves to have better birth experiences.

Continuity of care is the single most useful thing to promote normality in birth. This is where a woman gets to know her midwife throughout pregnancy and that same midwife is at her birth. And yet continuity of care is often not available.

I want to live in a world where…

pregnant women feel listened to and understood.

women realise what they can do to prepare for birth

we have the tools to tap into our huge reserves of energy and insight

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I want to live in a world where babies are given the best start possible and women know what environments are conducive to the birthing process and…

Birth attendants have an understanding of how they can best participate in the birth http://bit.ly/MenLoveandBirth

Partners knows how to be the birthing womans’ ultimate wingman or woman

Families are truly inspired to realise their potential and this starts at birth

Women have access to the tools to prepare mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually for birth should they wish to

Creating strong attachment, connection and love are priorities

I want to live in a world where women are truly empowered in birth and beyond

I’m delighted to tell you I’ve been invited to a birth conference in Norway to share my message about women’s rights in childbirth. It’s called Jordmorteamets konferanse at Høgskolen i Drammen, Norway…

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This poem was inspired by the work of Dr Tracey Cooper and my own ‘being’ midwife. Tracey’s thesis looked at how midwives may start of as goddesses but may get lured in by the technology; so the technology is placed ahead of the woman’s thoughts, feelings and instincts. The birthing woman needs to come first.

I wrote this poem in collaboration with the well known and extremely talented spoken word artist, Ben Mellor for The Birth You In Love Project. The poem explains that we are woman with the wisdom within us to birth our babies, if only we were ‘allowed’.

Many people do not know what a doula is and this poem goes some way to explaining. A doula is a luxury that everyone should be able to have if they wish someone who has tread that path before, who helps you feel grounded and supports the whole family through pregnancy, birth ad the first few weeks of parenthood.

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